Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, Vol. 2, No. 23, August, 1921: America's Magazine of Wit, Humor and FilosophyVarious
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Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, Vol. 2, No. 23, August, 1921: America's Magazine of Wit, Humor and Filosophy
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American wit and humor -- Periodicals
It seems that the sacred inner circles of fashion and pictures found
that the ground was being trampled upon too much by the plebeian element
and that the ensuing gossip often ended unpleasantly. Over canyon and
mountains many of the guests were carried by aeroplanes. This item will
be news to some who think they are on the “inside” of the jazz doings
around Los Angeles. The ultra ultras are putting it on stronger than
ever—but far away from home, husbands and wives.
Big men of the pictures and high social standings, who never bat an
eye at certain queens of the amusement world when at work, joined in
a carnival of revelry that surpassed most anything provided for jaded
appetites hereabouts—not excepting the nude bathing parties for which
Hollywood and Pasadena became famous with introduction of private bathing
plunges, out of doors.
Outside the Sodom and Gemorrah cottage, big powerful aeroplanes waited
to carry back to Los Angeles those who find that an air trip to be very
clarifying after a night of social carnage. One man, it is reported,
though brewed up like a boiled owl, landed his two passengers safely on
one of the landing places near Hollywood. There is first-hand information
that brewed up airplane drivers have operated in the vicinity. To date
the motor bike cops have found the pave too hot for them to pinch any one.
* * * * *
A bribe in time saves nine.
_Pasture Pot Pourri_
_A baldheaded man likes to tell about the hair-breadth escapes he’s had._
* * * * *
A shortened skirt maketh many a flirt.
* * * * *
If ignorance is bliss—then why be otherwise?
* * * * *
In the race “Back to Nature,” the Bathing Suit is a close second. The
Evening Gown leading by a fraction of an inch.
* * * * *
If a body find a bottle comin’ thru the rye,
Don’t it make a body sore to find the bottle dry?
* * * * *
Flattery is like cologne; to be smelled but not swallowed.
* * * * *
When you’re down in the mouth, remember Jonah. He came out all right.
* * * * *
It’s the little things that worry us. We can dodge an elephant, but not a
flea.
* * * * *
_Variety is the spice of—Salt Lake City._
* * * * *
All the world loves a lover, except hubby.
* * * * *
As Kipling Remarks
You will take your fun where you find it
But you’ll find while you’re taking your fun
The more you mix with the many
The less you will care for the one.
* * * * *
Resurrected
“A little bit goes a long ways,” said the goose, as she pushed the pebble
over the precipice. “That remains to be seen,” said the pup as he wagged
his tail and walked away.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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